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tigation with a similar piece of apparatus has consisted in studying the elastic 

 after-effect of steel tapes at temperatures ranging from 30° to 150° C, for 

 time intervals of 2 hours. This apparatus is to be used during the coming 

 year in an investigation of the elastic properties of various metals at very 

 high temperatures. 



Some time has been given to a theoretical discussion of the data already 

 obtained. It is expected that a portion of the work will be ready for publica- 

 tion in a few months. Incidental to a discussion of this data and certain 

 problems in connection with the work of the Physical Laboratory of the Geo- 

 logical Survey, a 5-place table of the hyperbolic functions and some of the 

 related functions has been prepared by Becker and Van Orstrand. The vol- 

 ume is being published by the Smithsonian Institution. 



HISTORY. 



Ferguson, W. S., University of California, Berkeley, California. Grant 

 No. 338. A history of Athens from Demosthenes to Plutarch. (For 

 previous reports see Year Books Nos. 5 and 6.) $1,200. 



The volume on Hellenistic Athens, for which this grant was given, has not 

 yet been printed. During the past twelve months the original materials for/ 

 the work have been augmented considerably, the chief addition being made 

 by the publication of the inscriptions found by the French excavators on 

 Delos between 1904 and 1907. Moreover, through the kindness of friends in 

 Europe Dr. Ferguson learned of the prospective publication of still further 

 documents which would be valuable to him. Hence, apart from completing 

 his "Researches in Athenian and Delian documents," and defending the 

 chronological basis of his history by an article on the Athenian calendar, his 

 time, since the last report, has been spent on a revision of the text of the 

 book, which it is hoped will be finished for publication early in 1909. 



Haskins, Charles H., Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

 Grant No. 416. Study of the documentary materials for Anglo-Norman 

 History. (For previous reports see Year Books Nos. 4, 5, and 6.) $1,000. 



The work of the past year has centered mainly about the reign of William 

 the Conqueror. A careful examination has been made of all available 

 materials, both printed and unprinted, relating to the Norman side of this 

 reign, with special reference to those institutions which are significant with 

 respect to English constitutional development. The results of the investiga- 

 tion have been summarized in a paper on "Normandy under William the 

 Conqueror," which was presented at the International Historical Congress in 

 Berlin in August and will appear in the American Historical Review early 



